New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-25
DISTRIBUTING GRAND ARMY DINNERS.

DISTRIBUTING GRAND ARMY DINNERS.
A LOAD OF LUxURIEs FOR A POOR OLD MAN WHO
FIT ONTO THE WRONG SIDE IN TIE wAH
Much interest centred yesterday In tho distribution
Of the material for Christmas dinners by the Grahd
Army of the Republic In Brooklyn. to needy comrSies
aud their families and kin. The work OF Distribution
was under the charge and management of the large
hearted originator OF the scheme, Comrade Ed"aru
A. Dubey Most of tho money necessary to buy the
poultry and some of the other articles came from the
proceeds OF the Advertising which accompanies inc
public alton Of Comrade Dubcys Veterans Christmas
Carroll a handsome Grand Army pamphlet OF twenty
good sized pages. designed TO raise every year INC
funds required for there Christmas dinners Ihe
greater part of the apples potatoes turnps, onions
cheese butter, canned goods Of every kind and gro
ccries generally contributed by the children Of
tho Broohlyn public schools Through the generosity
of a number of welto do comrades and other citizens
Of MEANS who have yet forgotten the services ana
sacrifices OF the soldiers and sailors in the war; the
school chldren's gifts largely augmented
General superintendent Dubey for the purpose Of
doing his work systematically. divided the city Into
three parts He placed Detective Martin Short, past
commander of Mansfield Post in charge Of the Eastern
District CAPTAIN John c. Noonan of U. 5. Grant Post
327 I'm charge of tho Western District. and Captain
Campbell In charge Of GreenpOnt Tho various post
commanders I'm the city made their requisitOns which
were filed from the general headquarters at tho chapel
Of the First Reformed Church, near tho Clty lIdll,
where business began about a. III. yesterday. As
slstlng In the distribution General James Nc
Leer Dr. Little of Moses f. Odell Post 443; Comman-
der John Cowan, of Dcyn Post 14S; Commander a. V.
Bergen, OF Mallory Post 81 Comradc Alexander John
son and others
It Is estimated that the material giycn out yesterday
represented dinners for between four and five thou
sand persons, with sufficient over after supplying all
legitimate demands to send several dozen barrels Of
good things over TO the families of ndgc comrades
Now-York. Many affecting incidents occurred.
Those I'm charge UDee 10 uso great discrimination
prevent lmposltOns, all sorts OF subteriugcs being
made of the part Of undcserylng persons 10 OBJ
tain provisions. During the morning an Old man WIN
lniirm step and apparently In sore need APPEARED:
spo-c hain't got no right TO ask yOuenS Tor
anythin lit onto the wrong side OF thilB ~
a,7 he sad he,ltatlng tones scarcely raising Ids
eyes to the faces OF the committee.
on, yes, you have Old man." quickly replied
warn-hcart distributor II you really served and
To- ght the you shall have share, no mater
which side you were on
The cd man soon convinced them that he was
soldier of tees army and had stopped several Federal
bullets during that air wah,' and he was brought In
and loaded up with all the Yankee provisions he could
conveu.cntly carry away. COmradc Dubcy yesterday
receive, letter from Ex-Governor Young, OF ONO,
highly cOmrlimr ntuG the Christmas CAROL ana IN
forming him that II would be sung 10 day at many ohio
re- unions II VIII lie sung at the African d. thodiSt
Fl lscOpa Church In Blideest. to-day, when OOmrdde
Glttic Of william Lloyd Garrison Post 2OT has organ
Ted a quartet AMI chOrI, fOr the purpose.